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The discussion revolves around a variety of topics, beginning with the reopening of a thread on the Physics Forums. Participants express relief at the continuation of the conversation and share light-hearted banter about past threads. There are inquiries about quoting from previous threads and discussions about job opportunities for friends. The conversation shifts to humorous takes on mathematics, particularly the concept of "Killing vector fields," which one participant humorously critiques as dangerous. Participants also share personal anecdotes, including experiences with power outages and thoughts on teaching at university. The tone remains casual and playful, with discussions about the challenges of winter, the joys of friendship, and even a few jokes about life experiences. The thread captures a blend of humor, personal stories, and light philosophical musings, all while maintaining a sense of community among the forum members.
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WWGD said:
Still having trouble understanding when my Jamaican friend talks. After many years here, he still has that heavy accent.
How could one "pretend" to live a life of someone else for years to later claim that he isn't the one as he used to be just by a change in his accent ?
We can't change our history, some just cling to it always and forever.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Oh man, I just found out they're "reviving" the X-Files. Apparently they've shot six brand new episodes that comprise the new first season. I think I'm going to be afraid to watch them for fear it just won't be the same.
Look at the bright side- if it turns out to be horrible we can make the horrible pun of calling it 'Oh-God-Y' files.
 
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Silicon Waffle said:
How could one "pretend" to live a life of someone else for years to later claim that he isn't the one as he used to be just by a change in his accent ?
We can't change our history, some just cling to it always and forever.

IDK, I have this theory that people who have a heavy accent many years after leaving their homelands are still, at some level, psychologically, living in their homelands and have not moved on. But so many theories I have made have been wrong ...
 
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Changing your accent takes effort and practice. Something most of us are not willing to expend. On the other hand confounding people by talking to them in 3-4 different accents on different occasions is quite fun, because they never can quite figure out your real one. BTW your Jamaican friend probably maintains in his mind, like you do, that his accent is the only true accent-less pronunciation. Everyone else just talks funny. RP and GenAm still count as accents.
 
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Enigman said:
Changing your accent takes effort and practice. Something most of us are not willing to expend. On the other hand confounding people by talking to them in 3-4 different accents on different occasions is quite fun, because they never can quite figure out your real one. BTW your Jamaican friend probably maintains in his mind, like you do, that his accent is the only true accent-less pronunciation. Everyone else just talks funny. RP and GenAm still count as accents.
I save the weirdest accents, lisps and extreme stuttering for telemarketers.

Around 5th time this week that I almost (subconsciusly) hand my house keys to an attractive cashier when I meant to give her my credit card. I don't think any of them saw me handling the keys, though.
 
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WWGD said:
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Around 5th time this week that I almost (subconsciusly) hand my house keys to an attractive cashier when I meant to give her my credit card. I don't think any of them saw me handling the keys, though.
What happened next would be very thrilling!
:biggrin:
 
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I got my wisdom teeth out today. I've never been put out like that (general anesthesia). I think medical technology is remarkable in that I was having a conversation and the next thing I knew, I was in the recovery room. If this were 200 years ago, they would've just given me a bottle of whiskey.

Then I realized that 200 years from now, they may be saying "hah! 200 years ago the dentists actually had to cut wisdom teeth out of people's skulls! Now we just teleport them out!"

That, or we could be altering the genome so people aren't born with them anymore.
 
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Today was a cornucopia of randomness.
It ended, at least up to this point, with me buying 3 goldfish, 20 white clouds, and some frilly aquatic plant.
With the garden complete, and the harvest in, I figured I'd be bored without randomness to watch.

ps. Missy Lu showed up again today. She didn't stay long this time. But I did get a chance to feed her. Gads, I love that dog. :smile:
 
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Silicon Waffle said:
What happened next would be very thrilling!
:biggrin:
Sadly not too much so. I got my Frap crunch and sat down. Sorry to fizzle after a good buildup.
 
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Show "Num3rs" seems to push boundaries of believability at times. Lead scientist/Mathematician makes claims like : " I know the culprit is 5'10" , with an Austrian accent, and he overeats grapes". When asked why: " Look at the napkin he left by his coffee cup. It makes a 30 deg. angle and it has a tear right by the coffee stain..."(elaborate --supposedly Mathematics-based-- theory connecting the two) "
 
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https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/12th-dimensional-hypothetical-novelty-symmetry.827252/

crackpot index is over 9000 here.
 
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Had kind of a nasty exchange with a beggar today. He asked for my "spare change" ( because I guess I was going to throw the change in the trash anyway), which was around 35 cents. He seemed unsatisfied with the amount and then said something to the effect that he was sure that if he pulled a gun on me, he would find I had more than 35 cents on me. I replied: if I pulled a gun on you, I am sure I would find out you don't need the cane you are using and that at least half the story you are telling me is false.
 
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WWGD said:
Had kind of a nasty exchange with a beggar today. He asked for my "spare change" ( because I guess I was going to throw the change in the trash anyway), which was around 35 cents. He seemed unsatisfied with the amount and then said something to the effect that he was sure that if he pulled a gun on me, he would find I had more than 35 cents on me.
Hard to believe a guy with such a winning personality end up as a beggar.
 
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Here's a tale I heard today, from a guy at a coffee house:

This guy worked at a water park in N.J. Big, long water slides lead down into a lake. One day, a couple customers point out to this employee a kind of dark, inverted bowl-like shape floating on the water. He has no idea what it is, but jokes with them that it's the resident lake turtle, and he forgets all about it.

Later a small kid on a boogie board paddles up to it and finds out it's the top of a drowned man's head. He's been floating there dead all day with just the top of his shaven head above water.
 
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...little, tiny potatoes...
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Here's a tale I heard today, from a guy at a coffee house:

This guy worked at a water park in N.J. Big, long water slides lead down into a lake. One day, a couple customers point out to this employee a kind of dark, inverted bowl-like shape floating on the water. He has no idea what it is, but jokes with them that it's the resident lake turtle, and he forgets all about it.

Later a small kid on a boogie board paddles up to it and finds out it's the top of a drowned man's head. He's been floating there dead all day with just the top of his shaven head above water.

Maybe (the new ) Mulder and Scully can figure out what happened ?
 
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WWGD said:
Maybe (the new ) Mulder and Scully can figure out what happened ?
I want to believe the truth is out there. Let's sit and smoke a Morley and ponder it.
 
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He sounds so cute and sweet.
 
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Maybe Kylie (formerly Bruce) Jenner could work for Armani (S)ex change... Wonder if Hallmark has a card for this one : Congratulations on your new mom?
 
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I think it's all perfectly ok to me, why don't you try to love someone of the same sex to see how the new flavor may change your mind ? I tell you my silliness.
When I saw any handsome macho man passing by, I "felt" their beauty (to make some part of my bodily insides i.e around my neck, chest, stomach or bladder top secret some strange, sudden hormone and thus it choked me in a very short moment). I did it many times a day simply because just so many good looking men walked around me. But I was shy and ashamed in public if I kept looking at people with such a Babe-I-wan-cha urge, although I almost couldn't resist.
 
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Silicon Waffle said:
I tell you my silliness.

here's mine...

many years ago i caught the latter part of a PBS broadcast of "Twelfth Night".
An actor portraying the young boy Cesario looked, well, effeminate,

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and i was getting quite uncomfortable with just how curvy and soft he appeared to be.

Imagine my relief when in the last scene Cesario is revealed to be a lovely young girl named Viola masquerading as a boy..
"He" turned out to be the incredibly gorgeous Helen Hunt ,
She did a GREAT job with the part.
 
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jim hardy said:
here's mine...

many years ago i caught the latter part of a PBS broadcast of "Twelfth Night".
An actor portraying the young boy Cesario looked, well, effeminate,

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and i was getting quite uncomfortable with just how curvy and soft he appeared to be.

Imagine my relief when in the last scene Cesario is revealed to be a lovely young girl named Viola masquerading as a boy..
"He" turned out to be the incredibly gorgeous Helen Hunt ,
She did a GREAT job with the part.

Maybe next time they can have a woman masquerading as a boy masquerading as a girl (?!?)
 
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Jesus Christ, massive explosion in TianJing.
The footage is unreal.
 
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WWGD said:
Maybe next time they can have a woman masquerading as a boy masquerading as a girl (?!?)
sounds vaguely familiar... maybe "Shakespeare in Love"?
 
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Great idea. Again !
Microsoft decides to , yet again, change the layout of its Outlook email program. But it is, or seems, mostly superficial
and arbitrary, no real improvement. I think they want to give the impression they are always
improving, when they are just making cosmetic changes, which just confuses the hell out of me.
 
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HomogenousCow said:
Jesus Christ, massive explosion in TianJing.
The footage is unreal.

It's awful. I feel so bad for those people.
 
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WWGD said:
Great idea. Again !
Microsoft decides to , yet again, change the layout of its Outlook email program. But it is, or seems, mostly superficial
and arbitrary, no real improvement. I think they want to give the impression they are always
improving, when they are just making cosmetic changes, which just confuses the hell out of me.
Indeed, no real improvement. Actually they try to force all the other "socially thing" programs on you. So if you just want to check your email inbox, good luck. You may get there in five minutes or so. I've complained to no avail.
 
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jim hardy said:
here's mine...

many years ago i caught the latter part of a PBS broadcast of "Twelfth Night".
An actor portraying the young boy Cesario looked, well, effeminate,

View attachment 87280
and i was getting quite uncomfortable with just how curvy and soft he appeared to be.

Imagine my relief when in the last scene Cesario is revealed to be a lovely young girl named Viola masquerading as a boy..
"He" turned out to be the incredibly gorgeous Helen Hunt ,
She did a GREAT job with the part.
My case was totally different . In fact I did know well who I was right in the first place but I kept making a joke with myself in public and acted as if I had always been a real man to feel the unreal excitement. I also had friends who were nice to always believe I was a real man. My jokes were meant to make them believe more in my masculinity. Am I cruel ? I think so.
 

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